[CPUFREQ] Disable sysfs ui for p4-clockmod.
p4-clockmod has a long history of abuse. It pretends to be a CPU
frequency scaling driver, even though it doesn't actually change
the CPU frequency, but instead just modulates the frequency with
wait-states.
The biggest misconception is that when running at the lower 'frequency'
p4-clockmod is saving power. This isn't the case, as workloads running
slower take longer to complete, preventing the CPU from entering deep C states.
However p4-clockmod does have a purpose. It can prevent overheating.
Having it hooked up to the cpufreq interfaces is the wrong way to achieve
cooling however. It should instead be hooked up to ACPI.
This diff introduces a means for a cpufreq driver to register with the
cpufreq core, but not present a sysfs interface.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Garrett <mjg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>
diff --git a/include/linux/cpufreq.h b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
index 1ee608f..484b3ab 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpufreq.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpufreq.h
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@
int (*suspend) (struct cpufreq_policy *policy, pm_message_t pmsg);
int (*resume) (struct cpufreq_policy *policy);
struct freq_attr **attr;
+ bool hide_interface;
};
/* flags */